Burton Melvin Cross (1902 - 1998)

Born 15 Nov 1902 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Husband of Olena Ria (Moulton) Cross — married 1 Nov 1927 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Died 22 Oct 1998 at age 95 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Preceded by 60th Governor Frederick G.Payne 62nd Governor Nathaniel M. Haskell

Burton M. Cross 61st Governor of Maine 1952—1953 63rd Governor 1953—1955

Succeeded by 62nd Governor Nathaniel M. Haskell 64th Governor Edmund Muskie

Biography

Burton Cross is Notable.

Burton Melvin Cross was an American Republican businessman and politician. Cross was Maine's 61st and 63rd Governor, though his two terms were separated by just 25 hours.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7670097
• Burton M. Cross on Wikipedia
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ35-MDF : 27 December 2014), Burton M Cross, 1902.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBKK-YJ3 : 20 May 2014), Burton M Cross, 22 Oct 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Maine Deaths, 1956-1997," database, Maine Genealogy (http://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_death_record.asp?id=528762 : accessed 19 February 2017), entry for Burton Melvin CROSS, 22 Oct. 1998, citing Maine Vital Records.